[스메그 냉장고 적용 목업 / SMEG Refrigerator Mockup]
[Project Overview]
This project began with a long-held fascination with traditional mother-of-pearl cabinets. As an illustrator, I spent years researching how to integrate this beauty into my artwork, ultimately recreating the traditional nacre technique as a digital illustration.
This project began with a long-held fascination with traditional mother-of-pearl cabinets. As an illustrator, I spent years researching how to integrate this beauty into my artwork, ultimately recreating the traditional nacre technique as a digital illustration.
While traditional mother-of-pearl furniture is highly expensive and faces physical limitations in daily use, I envisioned a solution through digital printing. I applied my artwork to refrigerators, the most frequently used and central appliance in a household. By combining meaningful elements from Korean folk paintings (Minhwa), this project proposes an art collaboration that transforms an essential home appliance into a symbol of good fortune and family well-being.
I created mockups for three major appliance brands (LG, Samsung, SMEG) based on my own desire to own such a refrigerator.
[LG 오브제컬렉션 냉장고 적용 목업 / LG Objet Collection Refrigerator Mockup]
[삼성 비스포크 냉장고 적용 목업 / Samsung Bespoke Refrigerator Mockup]
[Artwork Info]
-Title : Warm Wishes - Affectionate Gaze, (2021, 2026)
-Material : Digital Art (High-resolution digital file)
-Size : 300dpi, 7151 x 11115 px (60 x 94 cm)
-Title : Warm Wishes - Affectionate Gaze, (2021, 2026)
-Material : Digital Art (High-resolution digital file)
-Size : 300dpi, 7151 x 11115 px (60 x 94 cm)
※ This high-resolution digital data can be printed and applied to various media, including large home appliances.
[Design Motifs]
Referencing traditional Korean folk paintings (Minhwa), I reinterpreted the unique, iridescent colors of traditional Korean mother-of-pearl using modern digital techniques. I combined auspicious motifs from traditional Korean folk paintings with cute cat characters.
-Peony : The king of flowers, symbolizing wealth and honor (high status and wealth), a prosperous life, and flourishing.
-Pair of Birds : Marital bliss, family harmony and peace, and affectionate love.
-Butterfly : Joy and hope, marital harmony, and longevity.
-Cat : A guardian that repels bad energy and a lovely observer wishing for happiness. (When a cat and a butterfly are together, the meaning of wishing for longevity becomes even stronger.)
-Pair of Birds : Marital bliss, family harmony and peace, and affectionate love.
-Butterfly : Joy and hope, marital harmony, and longevity.
-Cat : A guardian that repels bad energy and a lovely observer wishing for happiness. (When a cat and a butterfly are together, the meaning of wishing for longevity becomes even stronger.)
[Artist Note]
Minhwa (Korean traditional folk painting) is an artwork that contains earnest prayers.
It holds universal human desires: wishing for health, longevity, family harmony, marital bliss, having many children, enjoying wealth and honor, achieving success in one's studies, and wishing for peace and good fortune in everything.
I engraved my earnest wishes by drawing these meaningful elements one by one, hoping for the peace and well-being of those I love.
[Artist Profile]
아녕 (Ahnyeong) | Illustrator & Digital Artist
E-mail: 2000tomboy@naver.com
Portfolio: https://linktr.ee/Ah_nyeong
Instagram: @catartist_ahnyeong
Portfolio: https://linktr.ee/Ah_nyeong
Instagram: @catartist_ahnyeong